A nitrogen-fixing organelle, or “nitroplast,” has been identified in a marine alga. This discovery sheds light on the evolutionary transition from endosymbiont to organelle. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/6yX

Apply now for the #PhD program in the frontier areas of Basic and Applied Plant Biology at iBRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi. For more details: nipgr.ac.in/careers/phd_ad… Last date for online application: June 18, 2024. Department of Biotechnology Rajesh Gokhale

Are you captivated by plant epigenetics, chromatin biology, and computational biology? We're recruiting enthusiastic Junior Research Fellows (JRFs) to delve into the role of chromatin organization in genome regulation. nipgr.ac.in/careers/vacanc…

Check out our recent review! Cellular insights into legume root infection by rhizobia, with Macarena Marín , Joëlle Fournier sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share our new publication: Species-specific microsymbiont discrimination mediated by a Medicago receptor kinase | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congratulations to the team.. Amar Singh Anshika Pandey Loitongbam Lorinda Devi Shreya.Gupta

Dr. Swarup K. Parida (Scientist) has been selected for the "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award" in Agricultural Sciences for the year 2024 by the Government of India, in recognition of his significant contributions to Science and Technology.

Congratulations, Dr. Swarup K. Parida! Dr. Swarup Parida has been honored with the prestigious Vigyan Yuva - Shanti Swarup bhatnagar Puraskar 2024 by the Honorable President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, who presented the award at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President of India

I am thankful to Senjuti Sinharoy for creating a positive environment to do science!! kamounlab.medium.com/whats-a-toxic-…

Visitors immersed in the wonders of science as they explore captivating stalls! @DBTindia Rajesh Gokhale Dr. Subhra Chakraborty #BioE3policy #BioE3 #nipgropenday

Congratulations Prakshi Aneja and team!! Well done!!

On the occasion of 27th Foundation Day Celebration at BRIC-NIPGR, Prof. Utpal Nath Professor Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, IISc Bangalore delivered J. C. Bose Memorial Lecture on “The Life of a Leaf: from Initiation to Maturity”. Department of Biotechnology Rajesh Gokhale

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on December 17 at 11:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2024 Plantae Fellows. 👉 Free registration at plantae.org/plantaepresent…. #plantscience

Abstract submissions are currently open for the #2025ISMPMI Congress! This is your opportunity to showcase groundbreaking research to a global audience in Cologne, Germany in July. Start submission: bit.ly/4hJSDIl #PlantMicrobeScience #PlantBiology #PlantScience

Check out our new paper in Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… and for digested thread see: bsky.app/profile/tonnig…

Congratulations priya upadhyay and Senjuti Sinharoy 🎊

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will announce the successful development of the India's first-ever genome-edited rice varieties (2) developed by #ICAR PMO India Shivraj Singh Chouhan Agriculture INDIA Doordarshan Kisan - दूरदर्शन किसान PIB India MyGovIndia

Pleased to share The Plant Journal The rice heat shock transcription factor OsHSFC1b increases seed weight, size, and vigor, but its function is disrupted by isoaspartyl modification - Achary - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tp…

A proud moment for BRIC-NIPGR. Shikha Gautam from Seed and stress biology lab is the winner of 3MT competition at #PlantBio2025 ASPB ASPB Early Career Plant Scientists Section #scicomm #India Department of Biotechnology BRIC DBT

Congratulations Shikha Gautam 👏